Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2002, 8:20 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2002, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Davidson County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Nashville, TN | Police reported several trees were down in East Nashville. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2953 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
035 WUUS54 KOHX 010120 SVRBNA TNC037-010145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 819 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF BERRY HILL MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. $$ JLM LAT...LON 3613 8681 3600 8667 3613 8650 3627 8660
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 12:05 PM CDT, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:05 PM CDT, 8 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1205 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002 TSTM ACTIVITY FIRING IN A NARROW BAND ALONG THE TN RIVER. SURFACE ANALYSIS SUPPORTS THAT A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TN EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLATEAU. CONVECTION FIRING JUST NORTH OF CHATTANOOGA SUPPORTS WEAK VORT CENTER WHICH THE MODELS ARE ADVERTISING. WITH A WEAK EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT AT 500 MB...WEAK PVA APPEARS TO BE APPARENT ACROSS THE MID STATE. WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING ON THE WAY...WILL UPDATE FORECAST AND UP POPS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE FAR WEST WHERE AN ADDITIONAL ZONE GROUP IS NEEDED. TEMPS STILL LOOK ON TRACK. .BNA...NONE. 21
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
632 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM 5NE PULASKI TN WIND DAMAGE
06/30/02 GILES TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
TREES DOWN 5 NE OF PULASKI
JLMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
656 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM PULASKI TN WIND DAMAGE
06/30/02 GILES LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
POWER LINES DOWN IN THE
CITY OF PULASKI
JLMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
656 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM PULASKI TN WIND DAMAGE
06/30/02 GILES LAW ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED SEVERAL
REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN IN
THE CITY OF PULASKI BTWN 600 PM
AND 645 PM
JLMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
656 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM PULASKI TN WIND DAMAGE
06/30/02 GILES LAW ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED SEVERAL
REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN IN
THE CITY OF PULASKI BTWN 600 PM
AND 645 PM
JLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.